Spurs notebook: Green on a mean streak of 3-pointers

BOSTON — Spurs guard Danny Green endured his worst shooting night of the season in Monday’s 92-87 defeat against the Los Angeles Clippers, going 2 for 11 on a night in which his team shot only 35.4 percent.

Green did sink his first attempt, a top-of-the-arc 3-pointer 22 seconds into the game to extend a notable shooting streak.

The former North Carolina standout has made at least one 3-pointer in 29 consecutive regular-season games, dating to the end of last season. It is the longest active streak in the NBA, surpassing Portland’s Wesley Matthews, who heading into Tuesday had hit from distance in 25 straight contests.

“Shooter’s shoot,” said Green, a fourth-year pro. “I consider myself a decent shooter. You just take the shot and shoot it with confidence.”

Green, whose 46.5 percent success rate leads all Spurs who have attempted at least 20 3-pointers this season, will look to extend his streak tonight when the Spurs open a six-game road swing at Boston.

Anderson expected: When the Spurs take the floor tonight, a familiar face is expected to rejoin them.

With small forwards Kawhi Leonard and Stephen Jackson out with injury, the team plans to call up former first-round draft pick James Anderson from the Development League.

Anderson, the Big 12 Player of the Year at Oklahoma State in 2010, was playing with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers after being cut by the Atlanta Hawks in training camp.

The 23-year-old Anderson spent two seasons with the team and is familiar with the Spurs’ system.

No hard feelings: Clippers forward Matt Barnes spent a good portion of Monday’s game complaining to officials — and anyone else within earshot — about Manu Ginobili’s errant elbows.

The Spurs guard was briefly whistled for a flagrant foul in the third quarter for elbowing Barnes, though the call was downgraded to a run-of-the-mill offensive foul upon review.

“I know when I go against him, I always have to have my head turned,” Barnes said. “He hit me with a good elbow. I just told him not to elbow me again.”

It was not the first time this season Barnes had a dust-up with Ginobili. The two had to be separated during a Clippers win over the Spurs on Nov. 7 in Los Angeles.

Despite their differences, however, Barnes said he has no running beef with Ginobili.

“I love guarding Ginobili,” Barnes said. “He’s one of the best in the game. He creates for his team. He can score. He does everything for his team. So I have the ultimate respect for him.”